Steam-trap.



U. E. VANCE. STEAM TRAP. APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 30, 1907 Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

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. 1 I if Hrs ATTIVIIR 5y .Myjnventioi consists in certain new and 10 menns ..whereby ghe'xpensrve,

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\ STATES PATEN OFFICE.

.-.onmns E: vinong or PITTSBURG, PEnneYtvAnm.

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Be itknown i hth tl; Cinema E. Vmcn, a citizen of the United Sjtotes. rind reeidingin the city of l ittabu? 1n the county of A legheny and State 0 l em eylvanim hnve in-. vented orfdiscovered "new and Imgrovemeutsin Stgam-Tmpe, of which the o'llqn jg is a specification.

useful Improvements intrnps fox-the re- .movolot Water com steam, and rovides the oontentS of t e trap, when full; ire automatically discharged by thenction of roved valve mechanism, nnd,.efter said disc urge the valve automatically closes and remains closed until the t n a in becomeefllled withfwnter.

fiieibrm olf valjige'mechanism ii -novel and- Simplicity, and, therefore bot-h e'xia. finlikely to getioilt of order. In; the moplpanying drnwin g j Figlu'e 1 is eyerticalsection of my trepshowmg the ,vertical section ahowing",the irux'ilimty-vulvo' .opeitnnd the iimin valve Fig. 3 is a sunilar view showing both Wives-open, and a1o g 1tlmli e I Vi-I;V- .The following ie n r ietni'led description of the dm'wingei- 1 his the casing of the trap which is prefermetal and is connmted to the line, not show1i, b means of ort 2 the 1 p thereof. Extending downin iront of port2 e 3 which tends to port '2 down A to throw the steam entering ward to the bottom of the casing-1'. suite e valve, not shown, is prov ded iii iile i 1' in i eto o--casi1 is n circum hrentiiilly. as at 4 131%! is ro-. vided on ltsnplper'fnoe with a groove 5- m to which fits the 1-1) 0 of the cover -'I. A sultacking ring, 8, of suitable material, me be placed in groove 5. to maintain a tight joint between cover fl and the casing 1. Any snitable means, not shown, may be used to attach the cover to the casing.

In the of cover '7 is theemmlar orifice 9, the material of the cover being flanged u vertically as at 1 0-to form an exterior colic!- on and cover. In Iwith or attached thereto,'1s downsaid cover,

spamflon mber. recent. n Application our November to. 1001.. time no. mm.

' yvardly extendin central bore 18 'Vldll v vith m'tliai materially obstrncttlie free 'thereo is 'preferab l.

ito'apoin as shownwin .19 m. ownwardly dependi on exterior contour -substantial y "t-at'e cone shn its cylimlricnl .beinfiothrea'cle to I 1 the re 13.-= located in the wall ofenic casing, pre erably tube 11 whose, central bore .15 concentric wit orifice 9 bnt of less diameter'tlmn said orifice. into which its 'npper extremity gradnall expands. I prefer to make the cover 7 0; cast metal, forming'the tube 11- integral therewith in the same operation.

ed portion '0 ori cc 9 and provid'ed with a whoee outer 'ortion is of greater diameter and threaded ehable adiscliarge tached thereto. The lower portion of said bore-l3 is countersunk and threaded as at 15. 16 is-a bucket j'n casing 1' and adnted to rise opcl fa.ll'therei1ins willbe exp mined hereaftenattached-at its $1M extendingupwardly within. tube 11. 1e lower portionof. stem 17 is roextensions or win 18, winch obtain if passe e of water The-n ug tubell. p L-(Fortlono said stem 1 is refer-ably c in ricnl and the end tgpereq substantially lg'l."

member of of a frusportion' 20 enguge the thmatis 15m 21 is a pricking ring of brains or other snitnble material a apteli to] be held between member 19 and plng 12, end havil moentml bore of- Hill! diameter to that of 510 central portion bole l3.

' member 19 into 22-15-11 (bomber with which lead lateral ports M'extehding bore24ofmclnber19iseoum-mzted ntits lower end bvmeene of umuhm 25 to loosely fit the stem 17 which npwardly into the interior 01 said member 19.-

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as at 14,10 1pc, not showrn'to be at 12 is n plu ndlgl fid to engage the 11gb the imlllof member '19 and come; lnicxrtuig with the interior of orificeQ. contra '26 is'ebonnetndapted to be, seated 1.. time bore 2 1 of member-I19 nnd'to u; close, when in its elevated position, of ring 21, thus preventing page of woterout of the orifice 9 in the cover .7. The central bore 27 of bonnet 26 is of enflici'ent diameter to pcrmitaaid bonnet-to ride loosely on'thecnd of stem 17, the upper e bore, h -P portion of said stem17, as shown in Fig. 1.

1i) and thence throuph gg e c e fills with water its buoyancy is time over- 97 being contracted be timed by the pointed of "u'lsion of 28 isa pet cock to permit the ex the air-(contained in the trap un blow out plug adjacent casing 1 to cuuble. the sediment collecting therein to be blown out when desired.

, The mcpfiration of my invention is as follows:-- e steam is admitted through port 2, the pet cook 28 being left open for -a moment to permit the escape of the air. The steam "and water entering through port 2 are thrown to the: bottom of easing 1 by means of balile 3. The admission of the steam and water fleets bucket 16 upwardly gtil the stem 17 fozfifigbe 'bglfiet 2 6 in;

oee engagement wi e ring thus closing the bored said pa ing ri and the bore of the plug .12. The pain end of stem 17 closes the bore 27 of bonnet 26, the parts thus asuming the relative .pomtions shown in Fig. 1 and all access through the orifice 9being thus cut ofl. The casing 1 gradually fills with water deposited by the steam. until oi the bucket 16. As said bucket come and it sinks, drawing down with it the stem 17 thus disengaging the. pointed end of said stem 17 from the ibore 27 of the bonnet Fig. 2. By means of the 26, as shown in gauge of steam thro I h the bore of bonnet the pressure is paired on each end of said bonnet permit the same to drop within member 19 into the position shown in 3, thus opening the pass through packing ring 21 and pu 12. e pressure within the casing now ms the water in the bucket 16 up through tube 11 into orifice 9, ports 23-23 into the interior of member the bores of the acking ring 21 and pu g 12 to the erge ipe, not shown. Alseoon us enough water 15 exhausted irom th'ibucket to restore its buoyancy, the bucketin in rises in the casing 1 until the pointy: end of stem 17 raises the bonnet '36 into thecposition shmvn in Fig. 1,.thus completely osing the-dincharge openings u'ss own in Fig. 1. It is thus evident that .us often as suflicient water overflows into bucket 10 to overcome. its

"buoyancy, the some will be automatically i one the limited number of parts u avoiding the greater portion of the original to the bottom of a casing,

therefrom, the upper part of said cost of the well known types of steam traps now m use.

Que greateitemiofex fiise in steam tra manufacture is the num r of parts whic reqnireto be -machined. in the case of my trtp tlns machine work is reduced to a mimmum thus omittinfilthese expensive matures. The features whi 0 ate to cheupen the cost 0! manufacture o my trap alsorender it more durable and les likely to get out of or r.

What I desire to claim is:

1. In a steam-trap, the combination with a of a cover secured thereto having a d scharge (PlilfiOB' therein, a hollow plug having a valve-seat, said plug also having an upper portion secured to the cover at said orifice and a lower portion depending depending ports, a discharge-tube carried b sa d cover adapted to communicate with d scharge orifice through said ports and depending into the trap-casing, a. verheady-reciprocating valve in the depending portion of said plug having a vertical port therethrough, a valve-member adapted, when moved upward, to close the port through said valve and raise the valve against said vulva-sect to shut oi! pasage through said discharge-orifice, means in said casing controlled y the water-level therein for actuating mid valve-member, and an inlet connec- U0; {0: said casing.

portion having 11 a steam-trap, a casing, a cover attachable thereto and hav' a discharfiz,

be at t orifice and carrying a depen g to discharge-orifice, a plug screwed into the cover at the discharge-orifice thereof and heving a lower recessed, inter-null -thr'eaded portion a hollow member screw into said i portion and having a contracted lower portion and an n r, expanded,

ported portion, a. vertica y-reciprocating .vulve d1 osed within said member and filling sai contracted portion thereof, and having Ii. vertical ort therethrough, and a bucket dispoeed-wi in the casing and carrying a pointed stem adapted, u movement of the bucket, to case passage through said valve and reciprocate the some n )ward to shut off passage through said discharge orifice Signed at Pittsburg, Pin, this 29 day of Xovembrr 1907.

7 CHARLES vaucn.

Witnmses:

J. H. Hamuson,

Enwano A. Lawnnncn.

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